The Wombats at the Zoo

by Roland Harvey

The Wombats and their teachers, Ms Annabel and Mrs Nott, are off to the zoo.Audrey bonds with bilbies, Alecia is on safari, Hughie wants to race a camel.Freddie explores underwater with his magic eye, Horrie is shocked by snakes, and Ima plays harmonica with a crocodile.Ava whistles to the wild dogs, Naucia wants to take a meerkat home, Nurse Sardi helps in the animal hospital.Dante shoots hoops with the seals, Oliver admires the cheetah, and Albert calculates just how much one hippo can eat...By the end of the day, the Wombats don't want to leave. Can you help Mrs Nott find out where they all went?

32 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2014

About the author

Winner of the Dromkeen Medal (2005).

Reviews

[Jennie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A terrific story from the clever pen of Roland Harvey as a group of dysfunctional children visit the zoo with their teacher. Harvey combines zoological fact with whacky fiction as the students visit their favourite animals and collect data about them. Hand written, quite lengthy text for a picture book targets independent readers. The detailed line drawings, with miniscule details, include the usual irreverent, cheeky and absurd additions beyond the story that one expects from this author/illustrator. I did find that the children's appearance and clothing, clearly illustrated and described on the endpages were not always portrayed consistently through the text - a slight irritation for me.

[Nella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fun filled excursion for the Wombats and their teachers. Uproariously funny